Average price of tea bags in the UK since 1987
£2.62
96p
The ONS published an average UK price for tea bags, per 250g for 38 years, from 1987 (96p) to 2024 (£2.62). The highest yearly average is £2.62 in 2024. The largest rise from one year to the next was +21.0%, in 1991. In 2024 the average was +6.5% on 2023; all-items CPI inflation that year was 2.5%. Ten years earlier, in 2014, the average was £1.97.
Average price by year
| Year | Average price (per 250g) | Change on previous year | CPI inflation that calendar year (ONS, D7G7) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | £2.62 | +6.5% | 2.5% |
| 2023 | £2.46 | +12.8% | 7.3% |
| 2022 | £2.18 | +9.0% | 9.1% |
| 2021 | £2.00 | -0.5% | 2.6% |
| 2020 | £2.01 | -1.0% | 0.9% |
| 2019 | £2.03 | +1.5% | 1.8% |
| 2018 | £2.00 | +0.5% | 2.5% |
| 2017 | £1.99 | +2.6% | 2.7% |
| 2016 | £1.94 | +2.6% | 0.7% |
| 2015 | £1.89 | -4.1% | 0.0% |
| 2014 | £1.97 | -2.5% | 1.5% |
| 2013 | £2.02 | +3.1% | 2.6% |
| 2012 | £1.96 | -0.5% | 2.8% |
| 2011 | £1.97 | – | 4.5% |
| 2010 | £1.97 | +10.1% | 3.3% |
| 2009 | £1.79 | +5.3% | 2.2% |
| 2008 | £1.70 | +9.7% | 3.6% |
| 2007 | £1.55 | +4.0% | 2.3% |
| 2006 | £1.49 | +15.5% | 2.3% |
| 2005 | £1.29 | -7.2% | 2.1% |
| 2004 | £1.39 | -4.1% | 1.3% |
| 2003 | £1.45 | -5.2% | 1.4% |
| 2002 | £1.53 | +4.8% | 1.3% |
| 2001 | £1.46 | +2.1% | 1.2% |
| 2000 | £1.43 | -7.1% | 0.8% |
| 1999 | £1.54 | – | 1.3% |
| 1998 | £1.54 | +14.9% | 1.6% |
| 1997 | £1.34 | – | 1.8% |
| 1996 | £1.34 | +3.1% | 2.4% |
| 1995 | £1.30 | +4.8% | 2.6% |
| 1994 | £1.24 | – | 2.0% |
| 1993 | £1.24 | -11.4% | 2.5% |
| 1992 | £1.40 | -6.7% | 4.2% |
| 1991 | £1.50 | +21.0% | 7.5% |
| 1990 | £1.24 | +19.2% | 7.0% |
| 1989 | £1.04 | +4.0% | 5.2% |
| 1988 | £1.00 | +4.2% | |
| 1987 | 96p |
ONS series CZNQ. About average prices · CSV
Related pages
Sources and receipts
- Consumer price inflation time series (MM23), Office for National Statistics.
File: mm23.csv. Read 2026-10-15. SHA-256
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